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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: MISS ABBIE MARTIN <lorencemcnand@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abbiemartin34@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 11:15:01 +0100
Subject: PLEASE READ THIS AND REPLY BACK TO ME, IS VERY URGENT PLEASE

hello Dear,

Hi, Please i want you to take this very important, I need your
Assistance, i hope all is well with you? My Name is Lance Corporal
Abbie Martin, I am an Army Medic soldier working with United Nations
peace keeping troop in Afghanistan on war against terrorism. I am
presently in Afghanistan...I have in my possession the sum of $3.5
million USD which i made here in Afghanistan, During a Dog search
Patrol with 2 other co-Medical Army while we were trying to make sure
we rescue civilians in a demolished building, I deposited this money
with a Red Cross agency,i need your assistance, i want to move out the
money to a safer place and also to invest with the money

I want you to stand as my beneficiary and receive the fund and keep
it safe so that as soon as am through with my mission here in
Afghanistan i will join you, you will assist me to invest it in a good
profitable business, I will give you 50% of the total money for your
assistance after you have receive the money, 50% will be for me,
Please reply back to me if you are willing to work with me so that i
can send you the proof of who i am and also the certificate of deposit
and the details of where the money is been deposited, your urgent
reply is needed.

Furthermore, If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message
and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you
do not approve of my proposal. I believe that such opportunities only
come one way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by.
Mean why i want you to know that due to security around and as the
rules follows in the army, we are not accepted to communicate with any
means of communication not even any apps type, we will only
communicate with each other through the email which is more safe for
me, i can email to you every day once i am chanced from my duty,
please this needs to be secret within us noting else.

Thank you.

Lance Corporal Abbie Martin.

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